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Resources on caring for plants that keep dying? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net to c/gardening@hexbear.net

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All my plants die after they start growing and I don't know why. I've tried controlling every factor that I can although without a thermometer, higrometer, pH measuring etc. I even have a shitty microscope that I try to analyse the sick parts, but I can't find any reliable resources on how to actually interpret what I'm seeing. I want to know how to use this kind of data so that I can raise my plants right.

Where can I learn about this? I mean diagnosing problems, monitoring variables, finding solutions to each situation etc. google obviously sucks and gives nothing of substance

I will say that I recently got a new substrate, maybe the old one was the problem. But then there's my mother-in-law, who raises beautiful lavenders and all that using the exact same soil I'm getting shitty results with. I'm literally not doing anything different to her, so maybe it's the water? I really don't know.

Edit: in fact, the lush lavender 🪻 she is currently flexing is a piece of the one my partner bought. Same plant, same soil.

Edit 2: also, the roots always look alright when I dig their cadavers to analyze. No parasites, insects, obvious fungi etc in any part of any plant so far.

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[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

The most plausible explanation I've came up with:

Salt. I live near the ocean, while my MIL is a city away. Could it be salt in the air and water vapor making my plants lose moisture to the air through the leaves and to the salinized soil through the roots? I wonder if our water is more salinized than usual, too.